Group 3TurfFlatClass 1
Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (Registered As The John Porter Stakes)
Newbury (GBR)
Saturday, April 20, 2024 — Race 4
1m 4f
Distance
Good To Soft
Going
$48,203.5
Purse
10
Runners
2:35.09
Time
4yo+
Age
Results
| Pos | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Draw | Wt | SP | BL | Prize | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamish(2016) | Tom Marquand | William Haggas | 3 | 131.00 | 5/2F | 0.00 | $48,203.5 | Taken down early - steadied start - in rear - headway over 3f out - in touch with leaders when pushed along over 2f out - led over 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - kept on inside final 110yds - always doing enough(tchd 9/4) |
| 2 | Al Qareem(2019) | Clifford Lee | K R Burke | 1 | 131.00 | 8/1 | 0.30 | $18,275 | Led - headed over 3f out - rallied over 1f out - kept on inside final 110yds - went second post(op 6/1 tchd 17/2) |
| 3 | Salt Bay(2020) | Hector Crouch | Ralph Beckett | 8 | 128.00 | 33/1 | 0.05 | $9,146 | Awkward start - in rear - switched left and headway over 2f out - pressed leaders over 1f out - went second inside final 110yds - kept on - lost second post(op 40/1) |
| 4 | Certain Lad(2016) | George Bass | Jack Channon | 6 | 128.00 | 40/1 | 2.25 | $4,556 | Midfield - headway over 2f out - pressed leaders over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 33/1) |
| 5 | Chesspiece(2020) | William Buick | Simon & Ed Crisford | 7 | 128.00 | 7/1 | 2.25 | $2,286.5 | Took keen hold - prominent - weakened inside final furlong(op 6/1) |
| 6 | Alsakib(2020) | James Doyle | Andrew Balding | 4 | 128.00 | 15/2 | 0.50 | $1,147.5 | Never better than midfield(op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2) |
| 7 | Arrest(2020) | Kieran Shoemark | John & Thady Gosden | 10 | 128.00 | 11/4 | 0.75 | - | Ducked right start and slowly away - raced wide early - towards rear - headway and prominent after 4f - led over 3f out - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds |
| 8 | Mujtaba(2018) | Jim Crowley | William Haggas | 2 | 128.00 | 17/2 | 7.00 | - | Never better than midfield(tchd 10/1) |
| 9 | Max Vega(2017) | Rossa Ryan | Ralph Beckett | 9 | 128.00 | 16/1 | 6.50 | - | Prominent - weakened over 2f out |
| 10 | Peking Opera(2020) | Tom Queally | Gary Moore | 5 | 128.00 | 125/1 | 13.00 | - | Prominent - weakened over 3f out(op 80/1) |